Well, I think we all knew it was coming: time to bring a close to Quaffle. It’s not as gloomy as draining the bottle, though — I’ve decided that wine, like food and cookery, is important and beautiful enough that I’m going to incorporate it more into the main blog, The Cutlery Drawer. I just [...]
Tagged blog blah blahI have been thinking thinking thinking thinking about wine and drinking and writing and drinking. And then I had some more wine and did some more thinking. See, Quaffle is something of a fringe child of the spoonfully.com domain. I like writing about wine, but I suspect I am not a wine writer. I think of [...]
Delicious! I am so ready for summer wines. It’s only spring, I admit, but that’s the summer wines warm-up season! I can’t wait to review my first rose of the warmer seasons. Meanwhile, a new and interesting little beast from a winery I have not tried before. I like! There’s a teensy sharpness on the [...]
Tagged semillon sauvignon blancSo, with one thing and another going on in my life lately, I have spent a lot of time thinking about my relationship with wine. I love wine. Absolutely love it. Beer is refreshing, Guinness lovely, spirits fun, cocktails wicked: but wine standas alone. It is my nectar, my tonic, my beloved. Take a fun, [...]
Tagged blog blah blahThe funny thing about trying to maintain a blog about the wine I drink is that I am not usually at home when I am enjoying that first glass for the evening. I toyed briefly with getting a little notebook and having that as my wine review book, but honestly, the mental image alone of [...]
Tagged chardonnayIt is mostly coincidental that I have another Tasmania wine to review. Bu not entirely: our friend, inspired by our collection of Tas wines, procured a few of his own for us to enjoy over dinner. I see no reason to apologise, however: Devil’s Corner produces fine drops. Another pony in the Tamar Ridge stable [...]
Tagged Pinot NoirJust to clarify: this is from the Single Cask Distiller’s Selection, cask LD 99, bottled February 2009 and distilled by Kristy Lark. It is hand-written on the label. This stuff is perfect Heaven. Our last night in Tasmania was spent in Hobart, and after a tiring drive (not to mention the shock of being in [...]
Tagged whiskyI do like Peter Lehmann bottles. They’re shapely and have a ♣ imprinted in the glass. It arrests my attention, however, that Mr Lehmann and Co have seen fit to pop “Barossa” on the label, right above Shiraz Grenache, since I thought that Peter Lehmann wines were all Barossa. That’s where I first (knowingly) encountered [...]
Tagged grenache blend, shiraz blendTonight, we drink imported! Australia’s wine industry is, I think, one of the biggest pluses of our lifestyle. I love Australian wine, and if I ever have a child, “Barossa” is the name going on the certificate. That is not to say that while overseas I do not enjoy overseas wine: I do so. But [...]
Tagged ChiantiMmm, another Tamar Ridge wine. It is purely coincidental that I’ve looked at two Tamar Ridge Kayena Vineyard offerings: it is not, I suspect, coincidental that they are both delicious. This riesling is full-bodied, sharp and exuberant (to the extent that a liquid in a nice glass can be exuberant), with really bold passionfruit and [...]
Tagged Riesling